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I know that there is a lot of controversy and rumors around recycling as far as what is worth it and what actually get recycled but I know that aluminum cans are at the top. I am wondering if it is better to crush and separate cans and take them directly to a recycling center? Does anyone have any actual info on what republic does with bag after bag of unsorted recycling? Thanks

I know that there is a lot of controversy and rumors around recycling as far as what is worth it and what actually get recycled but I know that aluminum cans are at the top. I am wondering if it is better to crush and separate cans and take them directly to a recycling center? Does anyone have any actual info on what republic does with bag after bag of unsorted recycling? Thanks

As I said above, I am mainly a cyclist with mountain biking being my favorite discipline. However, I do road bike and commute as well. Recently, I have decided to do another triathlon (Olympic distance) this summer and have started training. I quickly realized I wanted a watch and would also like to keep running on and off for the foreseeable future. I have an old Garmin Edge 800 that someone gave me for free that I used for road biking but really only for a heads up display as it is cumbersome to upload to Strava. Since this will be an expensive purchase (looking around $400) I would like to be able to use this as a bike computer too, therefore I need it to be easily visible like that and f

I am new to this subreddit and I am planning to add some attic insulation to my 1929 bungalow. It just 1,000 SF of unobstructed attic space, plaster ceilings. There is some old insulation up there but it is probably not enough and very light in some areas. I was planning on just going to Lowe’s and renting the machine. Need to decide between fiberglass and cellulose. Any advice? This seems like a straightforward 2 person job (1 load, 1 in attic spraying) that will take maybe an afternoon after supplies are in place. Am I missing anything? Your advice is greatly appreciated.

I have a set of I9 hydra hubs laced to the trail 270 rims. They are going on 3 years old although the free hub body has been changed to move to an XD. They have never spun as freely as I thought they should. I was moving them around on the bike stand today and noticed that every 1/16 turn or so in the wheel, it feels like it falls into a groove. It takes a decent bit more effort to get it out of the groove and then it stops in the next ones You can only notice when spinning it slowly, is this normal? Nothing seems off on the trail and they spin good enough, but I am wondering if I have a bigger problem. Thanks

Just like the title says, I can’t stop my dropper from slipping a few cm into my frame every ride. I have a titanium frame and a fox transfer internal routed dropper, it if matters. I have carbon paste and I am actually torquing it to 6nm, which is more than the Fox rec’d 5nm. I am hesitant to go much past that because I had one on my old bike without the paste or a torque wrench and I basically ruined it in 3 years from an over tight seat collar. Anyone have any suggestions?

When you “ring” your rim because you take a really hard hit on your rear wheel, does that mean you are rim striking?

I recently upgraded to my first 29er hardtail and have been playing with tire pressure trying to get it right. I weigh 170 lbs and I am running an I9 trail 270 wheelset (27mm) with maxxis 2.4 WT Dissector front and Rekon back. I had roughly the same set up with 27.5 and I ran 21 front and 26 rear. I have been running 20/24 but at 24 in the rear I had some hard hits that kind of rattled the rim/spokes. It feels really good on the trail and when I went to 25/26 it felt too hard in the rear end. Do you guys think I am risking my rim too much at 24 PSI?

I have a 2010 VW Jetta tdi. I have been told by vw that I have such a bad diesel algae problem they quoted me $6,500 to replace the entire fuel system. Obviously I didn’t buy this. A couple of months ago I did pay to have the tank drained and cleaned after they discovered it. Since then I have been having some trouble starting. Mostly slow or sluggish starts that are exacerbated by the cold. It runs fine although I think I’m getting poor mpg. I finally pushed vw to get me a resolution to the start problem and they said the algae growth has come back and I probably need to replace the whole system. Since it still runs decent, is there anything I else I can do to help get some more life out of

I recently got into some XC mountain bike racing last year and am looking to move up into sport this year with 1:30-1:45 races. I have been riding mountain bikes for years not seriously but have good handling skills and pretty good base fitness. I have a young son and a full time job and do not have all the time in the world to train. However, I ride my bike to work 8 miles each way about 4/5 days a week plus I can probably get an hour or so for an after work ride once a week and 2 maybe 3 hours for a ride on the weekends. I can also get a solid hour ride in at lunch at work. I have a decent amount of time to ride overall but no big chunks for epic mtb rides. I am struggling to break out of

I have a 2010 Jetta TDI with about 145,000 miles on it. Recently I have had trouble starting it especially if it sits a couple of days. It fires then dies and then does not have enough battery to crank much again. I have to pull the battery and charge it to get it to barely start. I took it to my mechanic and the battery, alternator, and starter were all good. He said although he got it started, he did notice something wasn’t quite right but isn’t skilled enough in diesels to track it down. He said to take it to VW as it is probably related to the CPU and fuel delivery. Has anyone experienced this before? I do not like taking obscure problems in because they rarely put the effort into solvin

I am looking to purchase a titanium hardtail frame for my next bike and was looking for some more options. I know there are a lot of smaller scale companies out there.

Mainly looking for an all around trail bike that I will run singlespeed. I am not looking to spend much more than $2,000 on the frame which excludes a lot of higher end custom builders. So far I have been looking at Vassago and Lynskey. I have also been looking at Sonder and Kingdom but I do not know if they are distributed here in the US. Kingdom would be my top choice, does anyone have any experience importing bikes? Cost estimate? Hassle?

Thanks in advance.